Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
French, founded 1740
Modeled by Etienne-Maurice Falconet
French, 1716-1791
After an engraving of a painting by François Boucher
French, 1703-1770
The Girl Offers Her Coin in Payment
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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
French, founded 1740
Modeled by Etienne-Maurice Falconet
French, 1716-1791
After an engraving of a painting by François Boucher
French, 1703-1770c. 1757
The Girl Offers Her Coin in Payment
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory French, founded 1740 Modeled by Etienne-Maurice Falconet French, 1716-1791 After an engraving of a painting by François Boucher French, 1703-1770 →sculptureceramics
Date
c. 1757
Medium
Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit)
Dimensions
13.4 × 10.2 × 7.7 cm (5 1/4 × 4 × 3 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman Memorial: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D.
This independently sculpted figure of a girl offering a coin as payment for the pastry she holds was originally paired with another biscuit figure, which depicts a boy selling pastries from a basket slung across his shoulder. Like many such sculptures from this period, these were modeled after designs by the French artist François Boucher (1703–1770).